Rock climbing in Llanberis Pass on a sunny day an excellent start to the rock climbing season. Rock climbing on Dinas Mot. A nice routes Superdirect (E1) up the centre of the main buttress and another excellent rock climbing route on Lorraine (HVS) up the left hand side. Rock climbing on Dinas Mot climbing Superdirect. […]
We had a great few days transferring indoor wall climbing and bouldering skills to outdoor leading multi pitch rock climbing. Placing gear, building belays, and belay stance management. A great way to start your outdoor rock climbing
Ice climbing in the Cairngorms. A good day out in Coire An t-Sneachda above Aladdin’s Buttress we were on Central left hand with a steep ice pitch at the end which has had a good ice build up during the season. We went up to do Pygmy Ridge but it was total out of condition […]
Ice climbing in the Cairngorms. A excellent day out in Coire An t-Sneachda on Aladdin’s Buttress we started on Aladdin’s Mirror direct IV which had quite ice build up during the season. It has a couple of ice ledges which you can place ice screws easily. An excellent little route but longer and steeper this […]
Walking this winter has been very good in Scotland with the Cairngorms being in excellent condition plenty of Snow. An excellent time to get out.
Mountaineering Joe’s Winter Skills courses develops the hill walking skills for walking during the winter. Thw wintewr skills course focuses on personal movement, use of crampons, use of an ice axe, self arresting, winter navigation, snow pack analysis, avalanche conditions, and emergency procedures.
An excellent day traversing of Crib Goch in Snowdonia. The powder snow made it more challenging and the cloud came in but an excellent winter’s day out
Walking on the Anglesey Coastal path between the Marina and Trearddur Bay. One of the most dramatic parts of the Anglesey Coastal Path. Lindsey had a great time and even managed to summit Holyhead mountain which was harder then it looked with the high winds on top! Walking with Mountaineering Joe
The Mountain skills course develops mountain skills. Nic , James and Matty wanted to make sure they had everything covered. We went through everything required to look after yourself is covered from navigation to what to pack in your rucksack. Will spent 2 days out in the mountains discussing what to do when, personal kit, […]
We had a great day out practicing winter skills in the valley below the north face of Ben Nevis. The course was for people who have not used an ice axe or crampons before. So we practiced all the basic skills during the day. You will soon got on top of it! We finished off […]